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Mar 7, 2015

The Dreamdoll company in the northern France city of Duppigheim produces realistic silicone sex dolls which can be ordered from a catalog based on four hair and eye color models for a base price of $6,150. The mannequins weigh 40kg, are over 152 centimeters (5ft) tall and are anatomically correct. It takes three employees a week to make one Dreamdoll.

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Raphaela, an employee at the Dreamdoll company, checks eye alignment on a silicone dream doll in their workshop in Duppigheim near Strasbourg VINCENT KESSLER/REUTERS